Chandra Digest, December 22, Guitar Nebula

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** Guitar Nebula: NASA's Chandra, Hubble Tune Into 'Flame-Throwing' Guitar Nebula

A nebula and pulsar located about 2,700 light-years from Earth.

Read the article and rate the image at:

https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/guitar/

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** Chandra Press: NSF NOIRLab Astronomers Discover the Fastest-Feeding Black Hole in the Early Universe

Observations from Chandra and JWST reveal a low-mass supermassive black hole that appears to be consuming matter at over 40 times the theoretical limit.

https://chandra.si.edu/press/24_releases/press_110424.html

**Chandra Blog:  "Above and Beyond" Celebrates Chandra and CfA at the Hirshhorn

A symphonic event at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden on November 16th 2024 provided a remarkable opportunity to celebrate 25 years with the Chandra X-ray Observatory on the Mall in Washington, D.C.

https://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/908

**Chandra Blog: Planets Beware: NASA Unburies Danger Zones of Star Cluster

Most stars form in collections, called clusters or associations, that include very massive stars. These giant stars send out large amounts of high-energy radiation, which can disrupt relatively fragile disks of dust and gas that are in the process of coalescing to form new planets.

https://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/907